Honing Young Minds With Kids’ Knitting Projects
A lot of child experts claim that during the formative years, a child can be likened to a dry sponge than can easily soak up a lot of information as well as skills that they can easily retain all throughout the years. This adequately explains why most parents today are dedicated in enhancing talents and offering their children a plethora of activities set to further hone their skills.
One of the wonderful and interesting activities that you can introduce to your child is knitting. Why? It presents a wonderful project that your child can work on and feel an immense sense of gratification afterwards, at the same time teaches them to sit still and focus on the task at hand. The latter advantage would prove to be quite important in the future, as individuals should always have a well-developed sense of focus and concentration to take one any endeavours they will face in the future.
There are a number of readily available kids’ knitting patterns that you can choose from, that you can even help work alongside with them as part of your bonding session. This will provide yet another exciting and interesting dimension on your parent-child interaction and helps you gauge on how well your child will be able to follow instructions properly. Of course, when choosing a specific kid’s knitting pattern, you need to ensure to seek the opinion of your child, so they will develop a keener interest on the project. By showing them the supposed to be finished product, you will stir more enthusiasm and a sense of purpose for your child.
It’s also important to choose a pattern than can be accomplished in the shortest time possible, as kids are bound to lose interest if it seems too complicated for them. Work on their interest and strive to engage their interest and enthusiasm all throughout the completion of the chosen kid’s knitting project.
There are a variety of pattern that you can choose from that you can get for free online. Make sure to choose a highly colourful one that you think will be adequate for your child’s skills. There are some kid’s knitting workshop available tailor-made to cater the young minds and further enhance your child’s creativity and artistry.
If husband’s birthday is coming up, why not ask your child to knit something special for her dad instead of simply picking up something from a store. Nothing truly beats a painstakingly made present from a child, right?
So give your give the gift of art today and introduce her to this ancient craft that has become a timeless preoccupation all throughout the centuries.
This is an off topic question! Where can I find those adorable floral knitting needles? I love them!!
You can buy them on eBay £6.99 they are called Damapatch…
Which size are those needles??
Heidi,
I found them online at the website below.
http://www.chompahandmade.com/collections/wooden-crochet-hooks/products/copy-of-knitting-needles
Kind regards,
Michelle